Mentally adding “...but in a good way.” to all horrible news I read this week.

Seriously, I can’t even fucking process what I just read. I’m so angry I’m afraid I might incinerate my fucking monitor with hot fiery Cyclops rage.

EXACTLY THIS! Oh my fucking god, I am so pissed. And then they go on to say they don’t believe it was a hate crime either! I need to throw something.

and then the attorney...

I really loved Stitches and I don’t think I feel nearly as bad about it as I probably should.

I think this exchange looks civil enough, even if it didn’t land. What I’ve found most difficult to impart when having a conversation like this, which Margaret Cho tried to, is to situate it in the context and understand that individual instances can have it’s reasons—here’s Dr. Strange, here’s a justified shooting by…

You have no idea

Agreed on all points. And this conversation was definitely too fraught and nuanced to be had over email.

Everything you said makes a lot of sense. I know there’s a lot of frustration around minorities being expected to shoulder the burden of explaining things to white people, or having to be nice to white people in order to “heal,” when white people aren’t asked to make any concessions. Which I think is bullshit. And I…

I think that both things are true: MC did mischaracterize the interaction and TS was too quick to brush off her role in (and benefit from) whitewashing. TS comes across at once open to concerns, but at the same time very much closed off to them. She is adamant that she is someone who values diversity and that be…

And the whole “I have an Asian friend” thing did not come across at all. Cho specifically said she’d suggest producing something with Asian actors, to which Swinton responded that she was doing just that.

This stood out to me as well. I imagined TS had said something along the lines of, “why are people criticizing…

How did a copy/pasted email exchange between 2 other people involve any bias on the part of Rich?

Totally how I read it too.

I’m having difficulty understanding Margaret Cho’s perspective here. It sounds like Tilda was up front about the issues, expressed her desire to do something about it and sought advice from someone who is in a good position to provide it. And Cho’s responses were thoughtful and measured as well. Not sure what got lost…

I used to find it unpersuasive that people wouldnt vote for her bc she is a woman until I talked to some very VERY sexist men in my field. It was disheartening as fuck.

She won more than any president’s votes except Obama in 2008.

a candidate so manifestly unpopular as HRC.

Don’t worry, the blind items suggest she’s currently being put into social purda:

She’s still proud of voting for Ralph Nader in 2004, so I’m guessing nah.

I learned long ago that voting has little to do with excitement or perfect match so much as making sure the biggest asshole doesn’t get into office.